[mythtv-users] Lament: mythstreamtv

[Gavin Fry]

> 
> Message: 22
> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:07:30 -0500
> From: McNally <mcnallychris at pobox.com>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Lament: mythstreamtv
> To: Mythtv Users <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
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> Following the wiki I got MythStreamTV to work in Myth 0.20 except for 
> the sound :-(
> 
> The error reported on the Mythweb page is
> 
>  Starting Stream of /myth/2023_20070206200000.mpg
> VLC media player 0.8.4a Janus
> [00000270] main interface: creating httpd
> [00000275] stream_out_transcode private error: cannot find encoder
> [00000275] stream_out_transcode private error: cannot create audio chain
> [00000286] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (mpga)
> 
> No audio option fixes it, neither mp3 or A52. I think this is due to my 
> ffmpeg version. I've tried to compile ffmpeg as described in the wiki 
> but I get errors on the make. I tried the latest SVN of ffmeg as well. 
> Compile problems even after installing the dependencies. I think VLC is 
> a great product and I would like to get this working somehow. Seems my 
> only option is to install Knoppmyth, which comes with a working Mythweb 
> and Mythstream TV. I spent a good amount of time perfecting my Myth 
> install so I would like to keep it.
> 
> my current versions of ffmpeg and video lan
> 
> # rpm -qa | grep ffmpeg
> ffmpeg-0.4.9-16_r19707.fc4.at
> ffmpeg-devel-0.4.9-16_r19707.fc4.at
> 
> # rpm -qa | grep videolan
> videolan-client-devel-0.8.4a-1.2.fc4
> videolan-client-0.8.4a-1.2.fc4
> 
> I am using Fedora core 4. If someone on the list has this working, is it 
> possible to share your sucesss with me?  I would prefer to have
>  an RPM, but any other assistance would be appreciated.
> 
> Here is the original compile error of the recommended ffmpeg
> 
> [root at localhost ffmpeg-0.4.9-pre1]# make
> make -C libavcodec all
> make[1]: Entering directory 
> `/home/mythtv/install/ffmpeg-0.4.9-pre1/libavcodec'
> gcc -O3 -g -Wall  -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -I.. -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
> -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -c -o common.o common.c
> In file included from avcodec.h:14,
>                  from common.c:28:
> common.h:67: error: array type has incomplete element type
> common.h:71: error: array type has incomplete element type
> make[1]: *** [common.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> `/home/mythtv/install/ffmpeg-0.4.9-pre1/libavcodec'
> make: *** [lib] Error 2
> 
> 
> 

What version of gcc are you using? I've seen that error when trying to
compile using gcc4 on ppc. If you're using gcc4 at the moment, try using
gcc3.4 or similar. It's worked for me in the past.

Gavin
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